That's Why God Made the Radio (song)

"That's Why God Made the Radio"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album That's Why God Made the Radio
B-side	"That's Why God Made the Radio" (Instrumental)
Released	April 25, 2012
Recorded	2011–2012
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:19
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Joe Thomas Brian Wilson Jim Peterik Larry Millas
Producer(s)	Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Don't Fight the Sea" (2011) "That's Why God Made the Radio" (2012) "Isn't It Time" (2012)
Music video
"That's Why God Made the Radio" on YouTube

"That's Why God Made the Radio" is a song written by Joe Thomas, Brian Wilson, Jim Peterik, and Larry Millas (Peterik and Millas are original members of The Ides Of March) for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was the first new single from the band in 20 years and was included on the band's 29th studio album of the same name. The album was recorded to coincide with the band's 50th anniversary, which featured a reunion tour of the surviving co-founders. According to the song's co-writer Peterik:

[Brian and I] were at an Italian restaurant and we were talking about radio and how great songs used to sound through the AM radio coming through your oval speaker on your Plymouth Valiant and I said, "Man, that was the best sound of all," and Brian said, "Yeah, that's why God made the radio." Of course, I wrote that down. He didn't realize how brilliant it was, or maybe he did, but that's when we wrote that song.^[1]